News from the Institute

The School of Nursing and Albert Schweitzer Institute, along with St. Vincent's Medical Center of Bridgeport, hosted the conference, "Stolen Lives: An Interprofessional Response to Human Trafficking," May 29-30 on the North Haven Campus.

Steven Brill, author of the Time Magazine special report, "The Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," was among the speakers taking part in the panel discussion, "Drowning in Health Care Costs: All Hands on Deck," on Monday, Oct. 28.

Jonathan Spence, one of the world’s leading experts on Chinese civilization and Sterling professor emeritus in the history department at Yale University, drew a capacity crowd to the Mancheski Executive Seminar Room April 18. The keynote address was part of a symposium titled, “A Resurgent China in the 21st Century.”

The University hosted a screening of “If These Halls Could Talk,” a documentary film series about 11 college students and their conversations about diversity issues in higher education. Lee Mun Wah, the renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker who directed the film, led a discussion following the screening.